Test of Lorentz invariance with spin precession of ultracold neutrons

I. Altarev; C. A. Baker; G. Ban; G. Bison; K. Bodek; M. Daum; P. Fierlinger; P. Geltenbort; K. Green; M. G.D. Van Der Grinten; E. Gutsmiedl; P. G. Harris; W. Heil; R. Henneck; M. Horras; P. Iaydjiev; S. N. Ivanov; N. Khomutov; K. Kirch; S. Kistryn; A. Knecht; P. Knowles; A. Kozela; F. Kuchler; M. Kuźniak; T. Lauer; B. Lauss; T. Lefort; A. Mtchedlishvili; O. Naviliat-Cuncic; A. Pazgalev; J. M. Pendlebury; G. Petzoldt; E. Pierre; G. Pignol; G. Quéméner; M. Rebetez; D. Rebreyend; S. Roccia; G. Rogel; N. Severijns; D. Shiers; Yu Sobolev; A. Weis; J. Zejma; G. Zsigmond

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.081602

Test of Lorentz invariance with spin precession of ultracold neutrons

I. Altarev
, C. A. Baker
, G. Ban
, G. Bison
, K. Bodek
, M. Daum
, P. Fierlinger
, P. Geltenbort
, K. Green
, M. G.D. Van Der Grinten
, E. Gutsmiedl
, P. G. Harris
, W. Heil
, R. Henneck
, M. Horras
, P. Iaydjiev
, S. N. Ivanov
, N. Khomutov
, K. Kirch
, S. Kistryn

A. Knecht, P. Knowles, A. Kozela, F. Kuchler, M. Kuźniak, T. Lauer, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, A. Mtchedlishvili, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, A. Pazgalev, J. M. Pendlebury, G. Petzoldt, E. Pierre, G. Pignol, G. Quéméner, M. Rebetez, D. Rebreyend, S. Roccia, G. Rogel, N. Severijns, D. Shiers, Yu Sobolev, A. Weis, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond

Technical University of Munich
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
University Paris-Sud
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jagiellonian University
Paul Scherrer Institut
Cluster of Excellence E-conversion
Institut Laue-Langevin
University of Sussex
Johannes Gutenberg University
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Petersburg Nuclear Phys. Inst.
Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research
University of Zurich
University of Fribourg
Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie Grenoble (LPSC)
K.U. Leuven

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Abstract

A clock comparison experiment, analyzing the ratio of spin precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and Hg199 atoms, is reported. No daily variation of this ratio could be found, from which is set an upper limit on the Lorentz invariance violating cosmic anisotropy field b <2 ×10-20eV (95% C.L.). This is the first limit for the free neutron. This result is also interpreted as a direct limit on the gravitational dipole moment of the neutron |gn|<0.3eV/c2m from a spin-dependent interaction with the Sun. Analyzing the gravitational interaction with the Earth, based on previous data, yields a more stringent limit |gn|<3×10-4eV/c2m.

Original language	English
Article number	081602
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.081602
State	Published - 20 Aug 2009
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Altarev, I., Baker, C. A., Ban, G., Bison, G., Bodek, K., Daum, M., Fierlinger, P., Geltenbort, P., Green, K., Van Der Grinten, M. G. D., Gutsmiedl, E., Harris, P. G., Heil, W., Henneck, R., Horras, M., Iaydjiev, P., Ivanov, S. N., Khomutov, N., Kirch, K., ... Zsigmond, G. (2009). Test of Lorentz invariance with spin precession of ultracold neutrons. Physical Review Letters, 103(8), Article 081602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.081602

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